Fultondale will hold a memorial event for Sept. 11, 2001 at the city's 9-11 flag monument in the Promenade Shopping Center. The city dedicated the flag monument last year. (file)

FULTONDALE, Alabama - The city of Fultondale will honor the
victims and heroes of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks Wednesday morning.

Last year, the city dedicated a 9-11 flag monument at the
Promenade Shopping Center near Ashley Furniture, and this will be the second annual memorial at the location. A 15-by-25-foot American flag flies on the 75-foot pole that can be seen
from Interstate 65.

The memorial event Wednesday will begin at 10 a.m. Fultondale Mayor Jim Lowery will speak and Dan Nichols of Walker
Chapel Baptist Church will lead a prayer. There will be a special guest speaker
and performances of "The Star-Spangled Banner" and "Amazing Grace."